Quote Originally Posted by Radar View Post
While one might indeed, it is not really the way to go. Believing that something is true/real means that you make an assumption without having any proof one way or the other. So it goes against the very concept of science, where the whole point is to test the ideas and find out what is or is not true instead of relying on assumptions alone.
Belief can, sadly, trump proof though. There is plenty of proof the Earth is round, yet there are people who believe it's not. Science may be rational, but humans are not.